Well-cover.



B. D. HUNTING.

WELL COVER.

APPLICATION mm AUG.24, 1914.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

S1 wuemtoz li'a r to n F. Hu u bin 9 BARTON D. HUNTING, OF ROCKFORD,MICHIGAN.

WELL-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 24, 1914. Serial No. 858,323.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BARTON D. HUNT- ING, acitizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county ofKent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Well-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My-invention relates to improvements in covers for wells, cisterns, &c.,and its objects are: First, to provide a means whereby the pump and itsconnections may be readily removed and replaced without the necessity ofremoving or replacing the entire cover. Second, to provide a meanswhereby pump bases of different diameters may be readily connected withthe cover. Third, to provide a means whereby the larger portion of thecover may be removed and replaced without touching or disturbing thecover to which the pump is attached, and, fourth, to provide a meanswhereby I can insure a close, tight, non-leakable cover for a cistern orwell. I attain these objects by the mechanism and construction shown inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan of the curb or base with the covers removed. Fig. 2is the same with the covers in place. Fig. 3 is a transverse section ofthe base on the line a' w of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section ofthe base and covers on the line 1 y of Fig. 2, showing the base andcovers in place at the top of a well. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan of thelarger cover, and Fig. 6 is a plan of the cover to which the pump issecured.

Like characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the construction of this cover I make a broad base or flange 1 withan upwardly extending rim 2 that is so constructed as to form a largeopening, as 7, at one end, and a small opening, as at 6, at the otherend. The large opening, 7, should be of suflicient size, diametrically,so a man could easily pass through it to gain access to the inside ofthe well, and the small opening may be made of any desired sizeconsistent with its ready and .safe application and support above theopening. The rim 2 should be provided with a series of outwardlyextending lugs 3 that are designed to pass outward upon, or into theconcrete 10 so as to insure a perfect connection between the flange 1,the rim 2, the lugs 3 and the concrete l0, and to insure the perfectsupport of the base even though it was not feasible to support it uponthe top of the well curb 11, as shown in Fig. 4. I also place a seriesof lugs 4 in the smaller opening, 6, in proper positions to receive thebolts or screws a a. for securely connecting the cover 14 to the rim 2.This cover is provided with a series of holes, a and I), the formerbeing in proper positions to be made to register with the correspondingholes through the lugs 4, for the purpose of receiving the bolts (4 andsecuring the cover to the rim, as hereinbefore suggested, and the holesI) are designed to receive similar bolts that are passed through theslides or clamps 13 to secure said slides firmly to the cover 14 so thatthe inner ends of said clamps may be made to engage and securely holdthe base 12 of the pump body to the cover 14. The cover 14 has anopening 15 that is so arranged that the lower part of the pump body, andthe well pipe Patented Sept. 5', 1216.

18 may be readily passed from the large opening 7 to the center of theopening 15, or as readily removedtherefrom for placing or removing thepump as desired. The slides or clamps 13 have slots (Z (Z formed in themso they may be adjusted longitudinally to adopt them to differentdiameters of pump bases without the necessity of boring an unnecessarynumber of holes through the cover 14.

The cover 14 should be a trifle thicker than the cover 16 so that whenthe cover 16 is placed onto the base the edge will pass freely. betweenthe edge of the pump base 12 and the top of the brackets 5 5, and whenin place can be readily revolved a short distance to carry the lug 9 011the cover 16 under the lug S on the base to lock the cover 16 in placeso it cannot be raised directly upward to open the passageway 7.

The lug 9 is integral with the lower edge of the rim 0 of the cover 16,and projects outward therefrom, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, and thelugs c c are integral with the body of the cover and are designed tohold the cover steady as it is being turned around to force the lug 9below the lug 8, as hereinbefore .stated. The distance between thepoints 5 5, in Fig. 1, should be about the same as the opening at 15 inFig. 6 so the pump pipes, &c., may be made to pass through to positionin the opening 15, freely and without difficulty.

The germ of my invention, in this instance, lies in the detachablenature of the cover 14, and the means for securing the V the said clampslongitudinally adjustable to accommodate pump bases of differentdiameters, though other important elements enter into the invention, aswill be pointed out in the claims. This appliance,

base and covers, are made, preferably, of

cast iron, as this is more easily molded into form and 1s much lessdestructive than any other material, and is better adapted to sustainthe heavy weight of the concrete filling than any other available metal.One of the principal advantages gained by this construction of cover isthat the cover or base 1a may be readily removed from the main base 1 bysimply removing three or four bolts a a, and various forms and sizes ofpump bases, 12, may be fitted to the cover or base 1% by either takingadvantage of the slots in the clamps 13, or by shifting.

the clamps from the position they occupy in Fig. 2 to the positionoccupied by the bolts a a, so that a large margin of adjustment isprovided for the position of the clamps 13, as the size of the pump basemay require.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

1. In a well cover,a metallic base having an upwardly projecting rimthereon, lugs formed on the upper ends of the rim, said rim forming anopening that is large at one end of the base and small at the other endof the base, a cover for the small end of the opening, said cover openin the center and one edge, bolts for securing this cover to the smallend of the rim, a pump base supported on this cover, adjustable clampssecured to this cover for securing the pump base thereto, a cover forthe large opening, and secured by sliding one edge between the pump baseand the brackets on the base rim and interlocking the other edge of thecover with a lug on the rim of the base.

2. In a well cover, a base having an upwardly extending rim surroundingan opening that is large at one end and small at the other end, said rimforming two incomplete circles of different sizes, lugs projectingoutward and inward from the edge of said rim, a cover bolted to the edgeof the small portion of said rim and having an opening from one edge toand beyond the center, clamps adjustably secured to said cover forsecuring a pump base thereon, a cover for the larger opening in saidbase, and means for securing said cover by ongaging with the pump baseat one edge and with a lug on the rim at the opposite edge of the cover.

3. In a well cover, an open metallic base, a cover bolted to the baseover one end of the opening, longitudinally adjustable clamps bolted tosaid cover to secure a pump base thereto, a cover for the other end ofsaid opening, and means for temporarily secu ing said cover to the base.

Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 20, 1914.

BARTON D. HUNTING.

In the presence of- I. J. CILLEY, DONALD T. HUNTING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

